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Traffic deaths in Lenexa, Kansas

City in Johnson County · Kansas · United States

Deaths, 2024: 3
Fatal crashes: 3
Population: 59.3K

In 2024, 3 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Lenexa, Kansas. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 5.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 3.6 in Johnson County, 11.4 in Kansas and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 18 people died, an average of 3.6 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 33% of deaths, and 33% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

5.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.4 times the rate in Johnson County, Kansas: 3.6
About 45 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.4
About 45 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 3 in 2024

Johnson County, Kansas: -4%
Kansas: -12%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	2	2
2021	1	1
2022	9	9
2023	3	3
2024	3	3

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2020	3.5
2021	1.7
2022	15.4
2023	5.1
2024	5.1

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Road users

Who died

33%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.3 times the share in Johnson County, Kansas: 26%
About 3 times the share in Kansas: 10%
About 1.8 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	1
Pedestrians	1
Motorcyclists	1
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Lenexa	Share in Johnson County
Pedestrians	1	33%	26%
Motorcyclists	1	33%	22%
Cyclists	0	0%	0%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	1	33%	43%
Speeding-related crashes	1	33%	26%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

33%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.5 times the share in Johnson County, Kansas: 23%
About 1.7 times the share in Kansas: 20%
About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

33%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About the same as the share in Johnson County, Kansas: 32%
About the same as the share in Kansas: 35%
About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Lenexa	Johnson County	Kansas	United States
Speeding-related	33.3%	31.8%	35.4%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	33.3%	22.7%	20.1%	28.1%
At night	33.3%	59.1%	51.0%	53.6%
At weekends	33.3%	50.0%	32.5%	32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

33%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 55 percent of the share in Johnson County, Kansas: 59%
About two-thirds of the share in Kansas: 51%
About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About two-thirds of the share in Johnson County, Kansas: 50%
About the same as the share in Kansas: 32%
About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	0
1am	2
2am	1
3am	0
4am	0
5am	0
6am	0
7am	0
8am	3
9am	0
10am	0
11am	0
12pm	1
1pm	1
2pm	0
3pm	1
4pm	1
5pm	2
6pm	0
7pm	1
8pm	1
9pm	2
10pm	1
11pm	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	1
Mon	1
Tue	2
Wed	6
Thu	2
Fri	2
Sat	4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	1
Feb	2
Mar	2
Apr	1
May	0
Jun	1
Jul	5
Aug	0
Sep	2
Oct	1
Nov	2
Dec	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	2
Rain	1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Dark - Lighted	8
Daylight	8
Dark - Not Lighted	2

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-354
I-4353
87TH ST PKWY1
COLLEGE BLVD1
I-35 RAMP1
I-435 RAMP1
PRAIRIE STAR PKWY1
PRAIRIE STAR RD1
SANTA FE TRAIL DR1
SR-71

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	12
Motorcycles	5
Pickup trucks	4
SUVs	4
Medium and heavy trucks	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Road	Deaths
Sep 25, 2024	STRANG LINE RD	1
Sep 7, 2024	COLLEGE BLVD	1
Mar 25, 2024	PRAIRIE STAR PKWY	1
Jul 19, 2023	SR-7	1
Mar 16, 2023	I-35	1
Feb 28, 2023	I-35	1
Dec 13, 2022	WOODLAND RD	1
Nov 3, 2022	I-35	1
Oct 19, 2022	87TH ST PKWY	1
Jul 20, 2022	W 87TH ST PKWY	1
Jul 16, 2022	I-435	1
Jun 8, 2022	I-435	1
Apr 10, 2022	I-35	1
Feb 12, 2022	I-35 RAMP	1
Jan 22, 2022	I-435	1
Jul 30, 2021	SANTA FE TRAIL DR	1
Nov 6, 2020	I-435 RAMP	1
Jul 15, 2020	PRAIRIE STAR RD	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.